Portable reed-organ.



W. J. & N. KIESSLING. PORTABLE REED 0RGAN.

APPLICATION IILBD MAY21, 1907.

Patented Jan.'19, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. KIESSLING AND NIGKLAUS KIESSLING, OF BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE: REED-ORGAN.

No. 909,91 1. Specification of Application filed May 21, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, lVILLIAM J. Kinse- LING and NIOKLAUS KmssLINe,citizens of the United States, residing at Blue Island, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Portable Reed Organs, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates broadly to organs and particularly contemplatesthe provision of an improved folding organ box, including an organ reedaction and its parts suitable to such a box and of improved constructionin itself over those previously devised.

Our invention specifically resides in the following features ofconstruction; arrangement and operation as hereinafter described withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved organ in the closedposition, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case operating levers,Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustrating the fall board lock, Fig.4 is a vertical sectional view through the organ case and action in theopen or operative position, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional viewof the air cells, the reeds and the tone regulating mutes, Fig. 6 is adetail vertical sectional view of the suction device and showing the airreservoir in the folded and distended position, Fig. 7 is a longitudinalsectional view on the line 77 of Fig 6, and, Fig. 8 is a detailsectional view illustrating the mute levers and swell lever locatedadjacent the left hand end of the action.

In the practical embodiment of our invention we provide atelescopingcasing comprising the inner and outer sections 1 and 2respectively. The entire action is carried within the inner section 1,which may be raised, with the exception of the operating pedals 3 hingedat 4t to the vase of section 2. The case section 1 is further providedwith an operating push rod 5 projecting through the top thereof andconnected to an operated plate 6 pivotally mounted inside said sectionin such manner that the downward movement of said lever will rotate saidplate on its pivot. On the ends of said section 1 and inside the sameare pro vided the inverted U-shaped locking rods 7 mounted in brackets11 and having angularly extending ends 8 projecting through openings inthe section 1 and adapted also to project through upper and lower setsof Letters Patent.

Serial No. 374,898.

Patented Jan. 19,1909.

openings 9 and 10 respectively through the outer section 2, saidopenings 9 being adapted to receive the extensions 8 when the device isin the open or operative position and said openings 10 being adapted toreceive said extensions when the device is closed as shown in Fig. 1.The extensions 8 are pressed outward at all times by the flat springs 12and are withdrawn by pressing downwardly upon the operating push rod 5to rotate plate 6 and draw inwardly upon the. rods 13 connecting saidplate 6 to the U- shaped members 7, thus moving said members to withdrawthe extension 8 from the openings.

The case when closed and locked may be carried from place to place bymeans of handles 14 of any suitable form, one attached to the section 1and the other attached upon the fall board 15 in such manner as tosupport the same in an unright position when opened. The fall board 15is hinged at 16 in the top of said section 1 and adapted to be lockedthereto by the spring pressed sliding bolts 17 having an operating piece18 for unlocking the same as shown particularly in Fig. 3. lVithin thesections 1 and 2 are arranged flexible strips 19 attached to the lowerportions of each of the sections for limiting the upward movement ofsection 1 to prevent the same being entirely withdrawn.

Within the inner telescoping section 1 is arranged a music rack 20 belowwhich are mounted the keys 21 upon the cross bar 22 of frame 23.Depending from the keys 21, and mounted through the sounding board 24:are the tracker pins 25 resting upon the valves 26 normally pressedupward against the sounding board 24C and over the reer openings thereinby means of the springs 27 extending from the rail 28. Above the reeds29 are located the reed cells 30 opening at 31 into the air cells 32said reed and air cells being closed by the mutes 33, 34:, 35 and 36.The front mutes 33 and 34 are operated as desired by levers 37 and 38respectively, which levers are pivotally mounted in the key frame 23 atthe left hand end of the case and connected to said mutes by rods 39, asshown in Fig. 8. A lever 40 is also pivoted in said key frame 23 at theleft hand end of the organ and is used to operate the swell 4:1 by meansof a connecting rod 42. In like manner the mutes 35 and 36 may beoperated by the levers 4:3 and 44 pivotally mounted in the key frame 23at the right hand end of case and connected to their respective Inutesby connecting rods 45. Thus the inutes may be readily and easilyoperated to produce variable sounds. When the swell and selected ones ofthe mutes are opened and the keys operated to open valve 26, air will besucked in and down through the reeds into the ai rcell 46, through thethroat 47 and into the air reservoir 48, under the actuation of thefeeder 49 operated by the webbing strips 50 attached to the pedals 3 andarranged over rollers 51. hen operated by the depression of the pedals 3the feeder 49 sucks the air from the reservoir 48 through theregistering openings 52 in said feeder and said reservoir havingsuitable valves, which in turn creates a suction within the saidreservoir to draw the air through the reeds as described.

It will be seen that we provide the reservoir 48 with flexible foldingsides 53 having wooden strips 54 attached thereto to guide the foldingin such manner that when the sections 1 and 2 of the case are telescopedto close the same the said reservoir 49 will fold to admit of the same.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

In a portable reed organ of the character described, a casing comprisingan outer base section, and an inner section telescopingly mounted withinsaid outer section, means for locking said inner section in the innerand outerpositions, reed action carried by said inner section, a fallboard hingedly mounted within the upper end of said inner section,releasable means for locking said fall board in the closed position, andhandles secured to the upper portion of said inner casing, and to saidfall beard, and arranged to support said fall board in an uprightposition when opened, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

l/VILLIAli i J. KIESSLING. NICKLAUS KIESSLING. Witnesses FRANK J. STEMM,LoUIs SCHWARTZ.

